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Justice Sanjiv Khanna to take oath as Chief Justice of India on Nov 11, 2024 [Read Notification]

By Jhanak Sharma      25 October, 2024 11:17 AM      0 Comments
Justice Sanjiv Khanna to take oath as Chief Justice of India on Nov 11 2024

NEW DELHI: The Union government has issued a notification appointing Supreme Court's senior most judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the next Chief Justice of India with effect from November 11, 2024.

Justice Khanna to Succeed CJI Chandrachud, Serving as India’s 51st Chief Justice

A notification in this regard was issued by the Law and Justice Ministry on October 24.

"In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to appoint Justice Sanjiv Khanna, judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from 11 November 2024," it said.

The appointment comes as incumbent Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud is to demit office upon superannuation on November 10.

The central government had earlier written to the outgoing CJI requesting him to name his successor as per the convention and the Memorandum of Procedure.

In response, CJI Chandrachud named Justice Khanna as his successor for being the senior most judge in the Supreme Court.

With the notification, Justice Khanna will become the 51st Chief Justice of India.

He will have a tenure of over six months in office and will retire on May 13, 2025.

Veteran Judge with Landmark Rulings on Article 370 and Central Vista Project Set for Six-Month Tenure

Justice Khanna has been a part of several important rulings, including on dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution.

He was part of a bench, which approved to the Central Vista Project. A bench presided over by him gave interim bail to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in an Enforcement Directorate case in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.

He was also part of the five-judge bench which struck down the 2018 electoral bonds scheme.

Justice Khanna enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983. He initially practised in the district courts at the Tis Hazari complex, Delhi, and later, in the High Court of Delhi and tribunals in fields as diverse as constitutional law, direct taxation, arbitration, commercial law, company law, land law, environmental law and medical negligence.

He also had a long tenure as the senior standing counsel for the Income Tax Department. In 2004, he was appointed as the Standing Counsel (Civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Justice Khanna was elevated as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005 and was made a permanent judge in 2006.

As a judge of the Delhi High Court, he held the position of chairman/judge-in-charge, Delhi Judicial Academy, Delhi International Arbitration Centre and the District Court Mediation Centres. He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on January 18, 2019. He held the post of chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Service Committee, from  June 17, 2023 till December 25, 2023.

He is presently the executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority and a member of the governing council of the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal.
 

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